Associations to the word «Exocentric»
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Wiktionary
EXOCENTRIC, adjective. Focused or centered on something outside of itself.
EXOCENTRIC, adjective. (linguistics) (of a phrase or compound) Not having the same part of speech as any of its constituent words.
Dictionary definition
EXOCENTRIC, adjective. Not fulfilling the same grammatical role of any of its constituents; "when `until last Easter' serves as an adverb it is an exocentric construction".
Wise words
We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control
our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we
are then master of the situation.